* Added SocialShare, a new Video DownloadHelper service to share a video page over a number of social services: Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Buzz, Digg, Del.icio.us, ....The former Twitter service, which was broken since the last change in the Twitter API, has been removed from the add-on, closing bug #237 * On December 1st, changes on YouTube made the &fmt=18 trick obsolete for getting the standard MP4 version. As a consequence, we removed the in-page YouTube format switcher widget. You can still access the MP4 variant from the download menu, with the entry prefixed by [Medium]. If you don't see this entry while in a YouTube page, open the DownloadHelper preferences, section Capture, tab YouTube, and enable this format. * Added new default conversion configuration for Samsung Galaxy Tab * Fixed bug #250: Icon layout Issue - bar deformation. * Fixed bug #254: Better file name management when using with FlashGot. * Fixed bug #247: Gallery capture: Files with spaces in the name get saved with %20 instead of a space. * Fixed bug #258: On Linux, menu popups do not close when clicking the video entry. * Added sv-SE (Swedish) locale. * Removed minor errors appearing in the console. * Minor layout fixes

On July 21st-22nd, some changes on YouTube servers broke the capability to download any specific quality variant of the video being watched.

We immediately worked at finding a solution and adapt to the new system. We are now happy to release this 4.8 version, but this implied changes in the way DownloadHelper works, that you must be aware of.

Format HQ18, corresponding to standard quality MP4 format, is no longer directly available. However, you can still download this format by reloading the entire YouTube page adding &fmt=18 to the page URL address. In order to make this operation simpler we now provide a new widget that appears within the YouTube page, next to the title.

Clicking on the MP4 button, the page will reload and you will see a new entry .mp4 in the download menu. This corresponds to the former HQ18 format.

To get this MP4 switcher widget to appear, you need to enable it from the add-on preferences, section Capture, tab YouTube.

We know those changes may make DownloadHelper less convenient for some operations, but we hope you will understand we had to deal with technical constraints.

* Fixed bug #180: Downloadhelper Menu no longer displays HQ18/22/35/37 on YouTube. * Fixed bug #196: Descriptive labels for YouTube HQ versions in download menu. You can define the prefix you want to be displayed in the addon preferences, section Capture, tab YouTube. * Fixed bug #188: SmartNaming menu is now integrated into the DownloadHelper system menu, hence can be accessed from toolbar/statusbar icon right click and Tools menus. In the context menu, the SmartNaming option does not appear at the top level anymore, but under the DownloadHelper entry. * Fixed bug #205: Video title and DownloadHelper icon mostly clipped in YouTube. * Fixed bug #176: When setting the icon click action to Open download menu, the toolbar icon and its dropmarker (the little triangle) are now a single clickable widget. * Fixed bug #177: If the icon click action is set to Open download menu and the download list is empty (gray icon), clicking on the icon does not open an empty menupopup anymore. * Fixed bug #185: You now have the capability to perform a regular download (through the Save File dialog) when clicking on the icon. * Fixed bug #182: DownloadHelper can now perform link (bulk) captures from YouTube subscription pages. * Fixed bug #125: Fixed youtube HQ resolutions displayed in the preferences. * Fixed bug #189: Smart naming option to use webpage title as default. * Fixed bug #213: " shown on some videos. * Fixed bug #211: Added support for new youtube hq38 (aka 4096p, aka 4k). Fixed hq34 and hq35 showing as mono instead of stereo. * Fixed bug #210: Made compatible with Firefox 4.0b1. * Defined better quality for default conversion format (WMV for Windows Media Player). * Added Romanian locale. * Updated other locales

* Fixed bug #159: Donwload from YouTube by right button menu not working anymore. * Fixed bug #148: Donwloads from YouTube sometimes generate empty files. * Fixed bug #165: Can't watch video in history window in Firefox 3.6 and later. * Fixed bug #160 (1): SmartName advanced section lacks a shortcut to specify the page title as file name. * Fixed bug #160 (2): SmartName cuts off begining (instead of end) of long file names. * Implemented feature request #35: Clicking on the toolbar icon should open the menu. For this feature to be enabled, the preference parameter Upon clicking on the icon in section General, tab Behavior must be set to Open menu. The feature is only available on Firefox 3.0 and later. * Fixed bug #169: Cannot download videos when on Firefox 1.5.

* Implemented multiple simultaneous downloads: Up to now, you had to choose between downloading files one by one (the default), or start a download as soon as it was requested, which could badly affect your bandwidth when visiting other pages. You can now define the maximum number of concurrent downloads. The default value is 2 and can be changed from the extension preferences in section Services, tab Download. * Implemented bug #38: Requesting a quick download should display a notification * Fixed (reopened) bug #6: Cannot save files containing the backslash character in the name * Fixed bug #106: SmartName error in console * Fixed bug #86: When added to black list, corresponding should be removed immediately from the download menu * Fixed bug #113: If smartname provides a too big description, Firefox hangs in tweet this video * Made compatible with Songbird 1.4.1 to 1.6a. * Updated locales.

* Added the capability to perform a Quick Download operation of the currently viewed media when clicking on the icon (either in the toolbar or the statusbar). The default is still to display the supported sites list and can be changed from the preferences. * Added alert message when failing to create the output file. * Added .mp4 in the list of possible extensions when defining a conversion rule. * Added Arabic locale. * Fixed bug #28: Media capture method could lockup Firefox for a while if the page contains too many links. The number of links to be handled is now 50 by default and can be changed from the preferences. * Fixed bug #16: Smart naming not working in the history. * Fixed bug #33: Smart naming not working for gallery capture. * Fixed bug #8: Supported sites dialog opens collapsed after Customize toolbars has been used. * Fixed bug #26: Download a YouTube video containing the character '' caused the download to fail on Windows. Also fixed similar issue with character.

From 4.6.3 to 4.6.4:

* Passwords for Twitter and MP3Tunes features are now stored in the login manager and not in the preferences anymore.

* Updated the YouTube capture method that was no longer working due to a change in YouTube pages. * Fixed bug introduced with the SmartNaming feature where YouTube high-quality format (like [HQ18] was no longer displayed in the menus. * Fixed bug with SmartNaming causing the context menu entry SmartNaming still appearing while the feature was disabled. * Added Danish and Slovenian locales. * Updated other locales.

* Added the capability to tweet a video over Twitter. If you don't know yet about Twitter, it is a micro-blogging service that has become outstandingly popular for the past few months. Learn more here: http://www.downloadhelper.net/twitter.php * Added default Smart Naming database (importing the latest database from DownloadHelper preferences, section Capture, tab Smart Naming is still a good idea) * Fixed compatibility of the Smart Naming feature with some menu redrawing extensions like CuteMenus. * Fixed Smart Naming feature for file names when the video title is too long. * Fixed minor issues

* Here is an improvement that has been requested by many users for a long time: getting a meaningful default file name instead of just a serie of digits that you get from most sites. Details about the Smart Naming feature are there: http://www.downloadhelper.net/smartname.php * Filtered out some special characters in file names when using the Capture from YouTube link(s) method * Updated locales

* Fixed broken gallery capture. * Fixed YouTube widget menu: the menu attached to the widget was misplaced, due to a bug in Gecko (Firefox layout engine), revealed by a change in YouTube page structure. This was causing the Quick Download service to be started immediately instead of giving the menu choice. * Fixed exception in converter path setting (this could occur on non-Windows platforms only). * Updated locales.

* Extended download menu: when you move the mouse over the videos in the download menu, you can see a sub-menu giving direct access to all possible actions you can take on this media (Download, Download & Convert, Copy url to clipboard, ...). Note that you can still click the main entry as it was before, with your configured quick keys. If you prefer the old way menu, you can easily switch back from the extension preferences, section General, tab Behavior, parameter Extended download menu. * The History feature now also tracks MP4 files, not only FLV. * Added Czech locale.

* New drop-down menu widget integrated into YouTube pages to give instant access to available services. * New pre-defined video conversion MOV format for QuickTime. * Fixed display of the preferences dialog on Firefox 2.0 * Integrated MP3Tunes services (send to mobile phone, to private locker). The feature is still in beta and must be enabled from the preferences. * Added Bulgarian locale. * Several minor fixes.

* Complete rewrite of the DownloadHelper core engine to allow new detection methods (like RTMP in a next version) and new services to be applied to detected media (like sending the audio track of a video directly to your mobile phone in the next version). * Holding the CTRL key while clicking on an entry in the menu gives access to all available services. * Services can be directly accessed with configurable accelerator keys. * Extension preferences have been entirely redesigned for an easier configuration. * Smaller footprint of the watermark when converting videos while unregistered. * Entries in the download menu corresponding to a media from the currently displayed page now appear in bold. * New pre-defined video conversion format for Zune (only appears on new DownloadHelper installs, on existing extension setup, check the conversion configurations page to add this format). * Several minor bugs fixed.